Kevin Barry chords by The Davitts
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Verse 1
(G major) In (C major) Mount Joy Jail,
one (G major) Monday morn (C major) ing,
high upon the gallows (D major) tree,
(G major) Kevin Barry gave his young life
for (C major) the cause (G major) of liberty.
(C major) Just a lad of (G major) eighteen summer (C major) s,
sure that no one can (G major) deny. (D minor)
(G major) As he marched to death that (D minor) morning,
(G major) he proudly held his head on (C major) high.
Just before he reached the hangman
In his dreary prison cell
(D minor) Pretty (D major) (G major) soldiers tortured Fareed
All because he would not tell
(C major) The names of his brave comrades
and other things they wished to (D major) know
Turn (G major) in former and we'll free you,
Kevin Barry answered (C major) no
Shoot me like a dying soldier,
do not hang me like a dog
(D major) For (G major) I fought for Ireland's freedom
on that cold September morn
(C major) Just a laugh of eighteen summers,
sure that no one can deny
(D minor) As (G major) he marched to death
that morning,
he proudly held his head on high
(C major) Proudly standing to attention
as he bade his last farewell (G major)
(D major) To his (G major) broken -hearted mother
whose sad grief no one can (C major) tell
Lads like Barry are no cowards,
from the foe they will not (A minor) fly
(D minor) Lads (G major) like Barry will free Ireland,
for her cause they'll fight (D minor) and (G major) die
Kevin Barry
The Davitts
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